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There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy.
The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario. Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, the study found. Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice, Hodson wrote in an email to LiveScience.
"Prejudice is extremely complex and multifaceted, making it critical that any factors contributing to bias are uncovered and understood," he said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/low-iq-conservative-beliefs-linked-prejudice-180403506.html
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)hootinholler
(26,449 posts)loyalsister
(13,390 posts)Stereotyping conservative as being somehow mentally "defective" damages the cause of mental health advocates, as liberals devalue people who they should support and be allied with.
tabatha
(18,795 posts)demosincebirth
(12,518 posts)Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)Enjoy.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2838337/posts
Distilled, combined response-
"I've gotta IQ of 250 and I have 4 doctorates and 30 patents.....and I'm a dye-hard conservative. Haha. Guess he's a commie lib Obama racist and he was smoking crack!"
appleannie1
(5,043 posts)libodem
(19,288 posts)I scored 128 at one time and I'm so full of squirrel shit I could explode. Gotta be 250.
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)A person with an IQ of 250 would never say, "I've gotta...", He or she would know enough to use proper English. Nor, would they claim that they're "dye-hard". I guess this jackass prefers powdered Rit clothes dye to the liquid form? And, anyone with 4 doctorates is probably busy putting them to use, rather than spending their time posting bullshit on some web site.
Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)appleannie1
(5,043 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)Smarter people see the world in more complicated ways, because the world really is very, very complicated.
"There is an easy answer for every question, neat, simple, and wrong."